Smoke
Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.43
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Lager-brewed with smoked malts, this Rauchbier is mellowed by oak-aging. Black malt flavors mesh with notes of raisins, plums, figs and licorice with the subtle smoke on the side.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Black pour, small off white head. Aroma is obviously smoky, earthy, lots of wood, hints of coffee, and some bitter cocoa powder. Mouth feel is thin, like I would expect from a lagered ale, with a soft carb. The finish is more woody smoke, notes of bacon come through with more earthy barrel and campfire. Low to medium bitterness and some soy in the end.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:43
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ Mikkeller Bar Aarhus. Pours dark reddish black with a medium offwhite head. Aromas of smoke, malts, chocolate, tobacco, light tar. Taste is smoky, oaky sweetness, cocoa, sweet chocolate, malty, dry ashy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Draft: Nearly black with a small tan head. Smoke, licorice,dark fruit aroma. Flavour is raisin, dark coffee malt, roast, licorice.... Really creamy... Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Feb 2019
at 20:40
5/10
Thin palate and too much whiskey; not enough smoke.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Sep 2018
at 18:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22oz bottle thanks to toby. Pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is smoke meat some sausage oak notes some ash and black licorice. Taste is more of the nice smoke balance a meaty note very well done. I am not a smoke beer fan but this one was solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2017
at 22:20
9/10
Great smoke, nice complexity
Tried
on 03 Nov 2016
at 00:15
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Tap into a snifer showing pitch black with sparse white foam on the edges. The nose first shows a lot of steel tank notes but eventually matures into light roasted malts then finishes with a very Islay peaty aroma (think swampy, smoked malt). The palate is well carbonated and light bodied but creamy and well done. The flavor is very peaty and swampy. Tastes more akin to a whiskey than a beer but without the hard alcoholic bite. Still very good though. I would hesitate to buy a whole bottle unless it’s shared.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jun 2016
at 08:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy biter wonderfull smoked flavor. Creamy palate. Great stuff.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2016
at 11:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught@CBC2015. Black colour with a mediumsized brown head. Aroma is big time smoked wet wood along with some leathery notes and mild floral and earthy notes as well. Flavour is smoked wet wood, mild toasted malts, some floral herbal and mildly grassy notes.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2016
at 14:37
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Brown bottle, 750 ml, savoured on September 17 2015; eye: liquorice, opaque, ring of brown head, no lacing; nose: smoke, malt, meaty, caramel; mouth: smoke, malt, meaty, caramel, smoky finale with good malty presence, medium-full body, average carbonation, rather sweet, slick texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 750 ml, échange avec Adam Conway, savourée le 17 septembre 2015; œil : réglisse, opaque, anneau de mousse brune, pas de dentelle; nez : fumé, malt, viandeux, caramel; bouche : fumé, malt, viandeux, caramel, finale fumée avec bonne présence maltée, corps moyen-corsé, carbonatation moyen, plutôt sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2015
at 16:22